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sort Of pendulum motion, men stripped
to the waist, and armed with long, keen
knife, cut its throat. The men present
q very ferocious aspect, covered as they
are with gore. Their aim is always sure
and as the hog swings by them in its
death struggles, they coolly give the
knife one or two passes over steel which
they carry suspended to their waists,
and are ready for the next hog. With
his throat cut and the blood pouring from
his wound. the pig doesn't cease to yell |;
but directly he is soused into hot water
and the scraping machines get to work on
him, his utterances are at an end. ] stood,
watch in hand, timing how long It took
to kill hog, and the time was twenty.
eight to thirty hogs minute. The men
work in teams or gangs. There are two
or more stickers. After the pig Is scalded
and run through the scraping machine,
which denudes it entirely Of hair, the
body is forced past some eighteen or
twenty men, every man performing some
operation with knife, until the body is
halved, each part suspended from an iron
rail, resembling railroad track, and run
to some other part of the building. The
meat stands twenty-four hours before 1t
is cut up into hams, shoulders and sides.
The hog is put to more multifarious
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HE PURCHASED A TITLE.

Death Of Duke Who Was Formerly en
the Operatic Stage.
The death is announced of somewhat
conspicuous member of the foreign
colony of Psris-the Due de Campo
Felice. I understand that the dukes
family name was Rybsaert, and that he
was at one time known on the operatic
stage as M. Blumenthal. He married
the widow Of Mr.. Singer, who had made
. colossal fortune by the sale of sewing
machines. When the gentleman who
has just died was first known in Partisan
society (says the London Daily Telegraph,
1t was without the title; but he soon OBJ
tanned from the King of Italy the right
to be styled the Due de Campo-Felice.
The duke, who lived in the style which
his ample means enabled him to keep up,
retained his early love for music, and he
took delight in opening the rooms of his
house to artists of renown. 1t is said
that his end was hastcned by the mental
perturbation brought about by the earth
quake on the Riviera. where he was pass
ing the winter months for the benefit of
his health.
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every man that could tell him anything at
all about Jackson. In the patent office was
the old hero's military dress. This he took
and dressed up in dummy of straw.
The very sword he wore and every detail
Of the saddle, the holsters, the bride,
even the old-fashioned Dutch buckles
were reproduced. 1t took Mills two years
in this way to model the group in plaster.
made his acquaintance and used to 60
into his studio often. ! took my friends
in it. We all admired it, but now and
then critic would come in who under
took to talk it down. 1t was departure
from the rules of art, forsooth; 1t would
never be more than venture, an idea; /;
1t violated all the models of the old world
Peter the Great, George III, the Duke
of Wellington. No such statue could
ever be cast. The immense weight of
the horse could not be poised as Mills
intended. Nobody could realize that the
first equestrian statue In America-the
first, sir, on this continent-designed
by an almost untaught American artist,
young man, to the world unknown,
could be made wholly on principles
unlike those which govern the con-
struction of similar statues in Europe.
One day / asked Mills what his con-
trolling and secret theory of the statue
was, and he said: 1T is nothing
more than this have trained that
old brute yonder to prance. He did it
with me on his back, and soon no.
ticed that live horse, in order to put
himself in that attitude, simply throws
the centre of gravity through the rider to
his hind feet. l can 60 right out here
now with you in the White Lot on Old
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separate. The figure Of Jackson himself
was cast separate. I remember for sew
cral weeks Il stood apart on an old
brandy cask. Before the middle Of
December Mills had the statue all
together-the first statue In the history
of the world in which the weight Of the
horse and rider did not rest upon an
artificial and ungainly rod, but
was based upon the strength Of It's own
material and the line of gravity through
the launches of the horse and the figure
Of the rider. Clark Mills was the first
man to conceive Of this great principle
In equestrian statuary. The man was dis
couraged time and again by his failures.
He once told me that he seriously thought
of suicide after so many disasters In cast
ing the statue. His reward in the end JUS
titled his patience. He spent every cent Of
the $12, 1000 agreed on as the price of the
statue, and but for John w. Morey,
who was mayor of Washington, the
work would have failed. Morey ad-
vanced Mills money from time to time
something like $4,000 in all. It took
Clark Mills five years of hard work.
"Stephen A. Douglas, with all his fame
when he delivered the oration ON the 9th
Of January, 1858, the anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans, was not so proud
man as Mills as he stepped up to pull the
flag which unveiled the statue. He said
not word, but the act was more eloquent
than all the orators in christendom. Con-
gress soon gave him $4,000 commits
sion for statue Of Washington, and he
executed that work well; but, as Demo-
crat, allow me to say that even Wash.
ington did not afford him 30 grand .
theme as the grand old Democrat, An
drew Jackson. think that is the reason
the Washington statue is not success
and the Jackson statue is." The genu-
ineness of the old mans enthusiasm kept
me from smiling. j. A. T.
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GOSSIP ABOUT GIRLS,
The Modest Ones Preferred by Most of
the Sterner Sex.

The Modest Ones Preferred by Most of
the Sterner Sex.
Most men like modest girls best. Modesty
is discretion; that's all. The modest girl
won't let you hold her hand when there 8
anybody likely to see, but she's whole-souled
when there's nobody looking and gives you
both her hands. have known young ladies
who would squeeze your hand lenderly, look
into your eyes, and do everything that was
agreeable in the most shameless manner be-
fore other people, but when they were alone
with You they'd sit half mile off and talk
primly about the weather. l don't think
those girls would make good wives. At all
events, they don't make good sweethearts.
and about marrying it is much the same as
with boys eating cherries. They lay aside the
best to finish up with, but when they get to
what they've laid aside they're SO full of
cherries they don't enjoy any more. Of
ones first. But it seems TO me all rules work
both ways any way and end in discontinue
ofsOme kind. The only rule of life experience
brings to us is never to lose q chance of fun
when We can get it.-San Frdnctsco ChrUnicis
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utation-almost my life.' "When tho
model was all done the next question
was to cast the statue. He had by
this time but little money ON hand.
lie had to get along the best way he
could. He went out of town to his we'll
known place and there built o little
shanty to serve as his foundry. He had
no chimney, smokestack or blast of any
kind, and here, In some way or other-nO
one but himself hardly knew-he cast
that fine statue piece by piece. His first
casting was made in August, 1852. With
three-eighths of q cord of wood he
melted 600 tons of cannon metal and cast
four bells, simply a. practice. He found
IT very difficult to cast without
bubbles and flaws. Every casting cost
him about e4O0, and he made six success
i've trials and failures. In the month
OF October he succeeded In getting q
perfect casting. Then II was easy work
TO him, and, before the month was over,
be had al the parts cast complete. The
sidee vaFe cast vhoie. The hind legs
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uses than the beef or sheep. Its head
and feet are converted into food, and it's
entrails become sausage castings. Its
flesh, too, is changed into variety of
foods at the Union Stock Yards. Smoke
houses for curing hams and shoulders,
picking and dry salt houses for pre-
pairing sides, &C., canning and lard oil
rendering factories stand on the ground.
They tell story of factory where, in
the upper story, they threw live sheep
into hopper and then went below and
saw, after it had come through the
machinery, fresh lamb, buttons made
from the bones and a bolt of superb
cloth made from the wool. The trans
actions at the Chicago Stock Yards may
not equal this, but they are, nevertheless,
one of the curious sights of the country.
ROBERT II. FORD
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THE CAIQUE.

A Fashionable and Handsome Boat Often
Used by Turkish Ladies'.
The caique is generally made of thin
planks of beech wood, with neat finish
and more or less elaborate carving. 1t
is sharply pointed at both ends !; the
oars, very thin, wide and light at the
feather end, become thick and bulbous
at the handle; the passengers sit in the
bottom on carpets or cushions at one
end, and at the other sit the rowers, who
vary in number from one to six, in
which case they sit three on each SIDE
Nothing is more graceful and elegant
in aspect and movement than one of
these caiqdes, bearing burden Of
fair Turkish ladies clad in silks of
every hue, with fat eunuch at the helm
and six stalwart Nubians In rose -colOred
jackets pulling at the oars with rhythmic
swing. The good people Of KAYAK also
came out in their caiques, or strolled up
the hillside and sat under the shade trees,
the mothers, accompanied by their chill
dren and the handmaidens, gravely
draped in ''yachmachs' and "feridjis !"
some, too, rode on asses, and the scene was
patriarchal and Biblical, and reminded
one of the prominent joys of Mohammed's 3
paradise, which are simply the Joys Of
life in this little village Of Kayak ideal
lied and relieved of the disagreeable ac-
cident of temporarily.
The Koran, 1t Is true, says nothing
about water promenades in caiques, ow-
ing, doubtless, to the fact that Moham-
med never had the pleasure Of seeing the
Bosphorus and its swallow boats, but the
prophet does say distinctly that those
who enter paradise shall dwell In delic-
ious gardens, shaded by fine trees and
watered by ever fresh streams. The
elect, he continues, shall rest ON couches
adorned with gold and precious
stones; young slaves Of unfading
beauty shall pour into their cups
delicious wine, which will not get
into their heads or trouble their
reason; ripe fruits and birds ready
roasted will always be within reach OF
their hand; they shall hear neither &C.
cusations nor vain discourses; the. word
peace shall re-echo on Ill sides; and,
besides the wives he had upon earth,
each Of the elect shall be served by ct
least sixty-two beautiful young maidens
with black eyes like pearls hidden in
oyster shells; and the continual presence
OF these houris shall be the recompense
Of the good he shall have done ON earth.
-Gent1smaH's xagasins.
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! When citizens Of the Old Hickory
brand Of politics visit Washington one
Of the sights they specially demand is .
view Of the famous equestrian statue Of
Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square.
Once on passing through the square. I
came upon an old Democrat who was vol
uble in his discourse upon the greatness
of Andrew jackson. The name of the
Democratic hero has recently been cut
into the granite face of the pedestal on
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living in Washington started q paper
for subscriptions to pay for the
statue of Jackson. Twelve thousand
dollars was raised In few months,
AID It was decided to give the work
to Hiram Powers, whose "Greek Slave"
had just then made him famous. At
that time there was no thought of
anything but pedestrian statue, some
thing like tho heroic bronze figure of
General Scott at the Soldiers Home. The
small sum raised and the usual tardy ac-
tion In such matters dragged the intention
along until 1046, whom again these gen.
tlemen began to look about for an artist.
Clark Mills happened to be passing
through the city. He met some Of these
gentlemen, and of course they fell to
talking about the statue of Jackson.
Some Of the committee at that time
were very firm In their decision that
Powers should make 1t. In q few
months Mr.. Mills, of his own accord,
produced model, and, being q man Of
some small means, offered to give Sc
curity that he would cast Q good statue.
30 the contract was made with him for
$4,000.
1.-THE first that was known of Clark
Mills as sculptor was in Charleston, 8.
c., where he was employed In the very
busts Of anybody and everybody who
would pay him his price. He made good
llkenesses and soon had good deal to
do. He made marble bust of Mr.. CAL
houn, which received that statesman's
unqualified AdmiratioR, = we'll = that Of
biz friends. The city e Chstlestons y
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the west side and the letters painted red.
My Democratic chance acquaintance in
sisted that the name should have been in
scribed on the south side so as to con-
front the White House across the way.
In his talk he evinced such familiarity
with the history of the statue that be-
came interested and l began to draw him
out.
As we walked on down the avenue he
gave me the following interesting ac-
count of how this famous work of art
was designed and completed:
"The Jackson statue, as you see, is in
the most conspicuous place in Washing
ton. Even Greenough's heroic statue of
Washington, on the plaza in front of the
Capitol, is not seen from one years end
to the other by so many people. Lafay-
ette Square is the funnel through which
all the northwest part Of Washington
flows back and forth, night and morning,
to the departments, and every pedestrian
passes within arms reach of the iron
paling surrounding the old statue. 1t ia
q famous statue, and is no wonder the
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THE GONCOURTs.

Representatives Of Certain Unpopular
Glass Of Literary Men.
The Goncourts represent that type of
literary men which is resolved to be
nothing but literary, which makes an
idol of its pen, and dedicates itself to
the service of literature as the hermit
to the service of God. These men
are neither citizens, nor lovers, MOI
friends; on the I'd of December
1851, when the liberties Of France
---- Were DIVING
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They have had q great and malign
influence, nevertheless, and no future
historian Of French society can ignore
them. Their journal gives significant
proof of the moral depravity In which
such an exclusive devotion to art nay
land the devotee. But the school to
which the Goncourts belonged-the
school of the Gsutiers, the Bsnvillee, the
Baudelaires, the school of art for its own
sake--has had its day. Contemporary Re-
pieso.
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INvALIDs AND CoNvALEscENTs
will find it admirably adapted for
'ustaining life and restoring lost
strength. When the stomach is weak
and refuses other nourishment the
Extract will prove an excellent SUBJ
stitute for food.
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u n d er the
heels of the
soldiery, the
only. thing
they thought
of was that
their b 90 k
CO uld not
CO m 9 out;
they abomi-
nate nature
because she is
natural and
not literary;
in art their
preference is
for elegant
trifes, and
in literature
for style as
style. Read
ing this jour
nal W ou Id
m ke one
ready to hate
lit er atu T 9
and dallthings
liter ary, II
one did not
reflect how
very small .
place tn o
Conc o q T 0
have in It.
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As A FLESH REsToRER It pos
sesses the highest value. The whole
tendency of its action is to stimulate
the digestion of fat-producing foods,
and its effect is invariably to give
fullness and roundness to the female
form, and robustness to the masculine
frame.
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L1EB1G
MALT
EXTRACT.

RECOMMENDED BY PHYSICIANS
OF the highest eminence on both
sides of the Atlantic as an invaluable
Tonic and Restorative in cases OF
General Debility, Nervous Depres-
sion, Enfeebled Constitution and Fe-
male Weakness.
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NURSING MOTHERS, who suffer
from poverty of milk, will find it
specific for their troubles. It stim-
ulates the digestion, sharpens the
appetite, invigorates. and builds up
the entire system, and excites a gen.
erous flow of milk.
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second caught by the crew, the first hav-
ing been choked by the lasso. But the
price of Polar bear will 60 very little
way indeed to make up the loss on a
long Arctic voyage. There seems to be
nothing for the whalers but to try their
fortunes in the new grounds in the Ant
arctic and leave the Arctic alone for a
time.-Du6sin Freeman.
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shrewd Scheme to Save . Cent.

People have been known to resort to many
schemes to save cent, but the record was
broken at the Office of the mail agent at the
Erie depot the other day, where two news.
papers were handed in for mailing. each with
onehalf of two-cent stamp attached. The
papers were entitled to passage for one cent
that one-half of two-cent stamp elualed
one cent. A good two-cent stamp. however,
was sacrificed for nothing.-Eimtra Gazette.
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DELICATE FEMALES, who suffer
from the weaknesses of their sex. will
derive lasting relief from its use. 1t
improves the digestion, puri6es the
blood, stimulates the appetite and
revives the spirits. %.
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The result of the survey and last census of
India is that the area of the peninsula OF
Hindostan is 1882, ,824 square miles, and the
tracts of country are annually cultivated, ac-
cording to the most recent survey 10000, 900
acres OF land suitable for cultivation have
not Is yet been plowed. At the same time
120,00O,O0O Of acrea are returned as waste
lands.
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The simplest method to catch ftoss Il to
use common gig-light and the bare hand.
A frog 10 attracted and charmed BY light.
He will swim TO land toward . torch. At
night he rests ON the tangled edges Of the
head toward this destination. You must
not reach for him from the rear. but always
catch him by the head. This sport can be
continued up to two O'Clock, but after mid
night his dolorous cries have ceased. Y0u
must then find him by accident. The red
flannel catch Y sdspted 70 day :; wsll =
fancy. Three hooks adjusted to hne, hall
hid by the flannel, aud slowly let down
within pear reach Of the frog. will induce
him e :ap s. 6. hs e & oSs c..S snd &c :%,.
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WEAK AND DELICATE PERSONS

WEAK AND DELlCATE IEkSONS
GENERALLY who require some arti-
fetal restorative-and especially those
who are inclined to Consumption
will find this preparation exactly
suited to their needs. 1t is specific
for the Coughs and Nervous affec-
tons usually incident to low state
Of the system.
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WEAK AND SICILY CHILDREN
who suffer from lassitude and wear
mess, the result of disease, over
study, or nervous strain, will derive
substantial benefit from its use.
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Chicago Husband-Ah good news, good
news! Our divorce has been granted.
Chicago Wife-Thank goodness We can
now be happy for evermore.
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The French, who are 90 fond of inveighing
against what they call Anglo Saxon Spleen.
are the most melancholy people ON the earth
when the skies are clouded and dismal.
Aurkines y the prevailing tone ia thsir
landscape.
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Fancy city of cattle, hog and sheep
pens, with water in each pen from Lake
Michigan; a fire department, big hotel
a reservoir, innumerable railroad tracks
messengers scurrying around on horse.
back, four or five cattle scales, wooden
viaducts directly over the pens leading
to the various packing -houses, cattle
lowing, pigs squealing, sheep bleating
all the hustle, noise and dirt incidental
to such place, and you will have fail
idea of the Union Stock Yards in the
town of Lake, adjoining Chicago on thu
south side. Here is the principal source
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WASHINGTON SIGHTS.
THE FAMOUS EQUEsTRfANs STATUE
OF ANDREW JACKSON.

How This Great work Of Art Was De-
signed and Completed Clark Mills Un.
dertook IL by Mere Chance Made of Old
Cannon Captured at New Orleans.
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dressed meat as obtained in Chicago,
but owing to the number of railroads
centring there Chicago is far in advance
of any of them in the magnitude of its
operations.
There are eight packing houses in the
Union Stock Yards, and to supply them
there are daily arriving from the West
and Southwest 10000 to $4,000 hogs,
10000 to 10000 beeves and 200 to 1900
sheep. Armour s. Co., who do the most
packing, have thirty acres in their estab-
lishment. An idea of the enormity of
Armour & Co.'s transactions will be seen
when it is stated that they killed last
year 380,858 cattle, 1,112,969 hogs and
65,777 sheep. In order to handle
the products of these animals they
employ . force of 5000 men daily,
they occupy buildings that have floor
area of eighty acres, their chill-room
covers twenty acres and their stor-
age capacity is 10000 tons. They can
ned on the premises last year 10000, 900
pounds of meats. Their departments
comprise canning, butterine, lard and
oil, dressed beef, pork and mutton, cas-
ings, picked pork, pigs feet, tripe,
lambs and pigs tongues, sausage meat,
including bologna, wiener wust, sum
mer, Polish liver and Knoblock (garlic).
blood-pudding, head cheese, boneless
hams, shoulders and bacon.
The killing of cattle and the shipping
of fresh dressed beef in refrigel ator cars
is business in itself, but it is run in
connection with the general killing Of
animals that goes on at the Union Stock
Yards. The drover arrives at the yards
with his cattle, hogs or sheep, and puts
ot tho Tro a;t Iousa-fha
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OF the dressed-beef supply of
the East. Other estern
towns have adopted and are
adopting the same system for
supplying the East with fresh
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

BoIid CHUNKS Of Information for the Bone-
nt Of Inquiring Minds.
81. MAnY's. PA.
Dsar 6Ir: II II good form to put the word
addressed on the back Of note, and why
10 Il donef BAckwoops.
The word ''addressed'' IL placed ON enve-
lopes by cheerful imbeciles who are afraid
that If they neglected 1t the recipient might
imagine the note had not been addressed at
all. You might vary the fashion by putting
on, instead, Letter go, Gallagherr' or some
other equally exhilarating inscription, If you
wish.
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For sale by Druggists and Deal
ers throughout the United States
Price fifty cents per bottle.